Versatile

WHEN THE BITT of his axe bites deep and true in a spruce log you think he's a good man. When you see the camp he has built in the wilds of a wilderness you know he's a good man. You watch him in the center of a group of earnest, keenly interested students who are eager to learn the ways of woodsmen and you realize his versatility. Educated men who have been faithful in their public speaking courses don't amuse or move their audiences as does Ross McKenney.

In describing what the Dartmouth Outing Club can mean to members of it, and what it does mean to Bill Schumacher '43, Ross reveals much of himself in his article in this issue. But could anything be more natural or appropriate? Those students who learn in his workshop and on the trail —a sizeable number—are trying to perfect in their own hands the methods and tricks of the expert guide and woodsman. In beginning the series of descriptive articles about undergraduates who are setting a high standard in the College, the editors are grateful to Ross McKenney for his willingness to contribute the first of the series. It's a versatile man who can deliver the goods whether he is using gun, rod, axe, or pen.

We don't present Bill Schumacher as typical, or average, or representative of the Outing Club. He is just Bill Schumachera good student, president of Bait and Bullet, keenly interested in the out-of- doors around Hanover and aware of the opportunities it offers for a kind of learning that will stick through life.